to the lovely bluespirit_star!! I realize that I'm late for your side of the pond, but the wishes are no less heartfelt. I hope you, Mr. B and Buddy had a marvelous day my dear! And beneath the flashing card is a little something for you. *hugs*




title: A Good Soldier
pairing: John/Rodney
rating: G
Words: 870
legal: so not mine
summary: The hard ground of M3X-729 was far from hospitable and the chameleon weather of the Laderan homeworld even more so.

( A Good Soldier )

So many October babies! Okay, I'm a bit late... but a very Happy Birthday hestia_lacey!!

I didn't quite get the time to write anything today, so I made some art for you. (behind the cut to spare the flists) I hope you like it, dear, and I hope the next year brings you much joy, love and accomplishment. ::HUGS::

( promises to keep... )

A very HAPPY BIRTHDAY wish to vexed_wench!!

I hope you had a fabulous day, hon, and may the coming year bring you much happiness... and CAKE!

Friend - Function: noun
1 one attached to another by affection or esteem
2 a favored companion

Happy Birthday my friend! May the coming year bring you your every heart's desire. In the meantime, a little something:

title: Neither Sleet nor Snow nor Rain, Rain, Rain…
author: neevebrody
pairing: John/Rodney
rating: G
beta: Unbetaed due to time – but please feel free to point out any errors.
summary: At some point over the last few years in this lonely town, before John had made it his home, Rodney had found himself longing for the day he'd get a package just like this one: a new destination, a new project, a new mission.

Note: This is part of the wonderful AU Dorie (sonadorita) created in They Say He Was on the Moon. If you're new to my journal and/or haven't read this story yet, you owe it to yourself to stop right now and go read it first. You will not be sorry and you'll get the background for this piece.

( unwrap the story here... )

stolen from melagan and lysambre:

If there is one person or more on your friends list who makes your world a better place just because they exist and who you would not have met (in real life or not) without the internet, then post this same sentence in your journal.

At the risk of incoherent rambling and blubbering... I think you all know what you mean to me. Your personalities, your brains, your feelings, your passions and your talents make my life better every day by your sharing them with me.

♥ ♥ ♥

Just so you know, this is only one of several posts today, but I promise they won't all be this long.

First of all, I have the best F-list in the history of - ever! I was having a difficult day (emotionally) on Saturday and I really appreciate those of you who expressed your concern. I just really hold that to my heart and I'm very thankful to have such wonderful friends. zap99nad's daily Lance Armstrong post that day was the start to picking me up. Not only is there the 'pretty' but Lance's life and his drive have always been an inspiration to me - so thanks zap!

In addition to the flist, there were a few other things that changed my mood for the better. One was decorating the Christmas tree. It had been up for a few days dressed only in lights, so I decided to finally finish it while listening to the Nutcracker Suite, which I adore. There's a couple of pics behind the cut - if you click a few times you get the huge version and the second one is kind of blurry, but pretty:

( my tree... )

One thing I do every year is read Dickens' A Christmas Carol. I get a lot of enjoyment out of reading the words, but I love all the movie variations as well (even the Muppet version because I think Michael Caine makes a great Scrooge). One of my favorites is the 1951 film 'Scrooge' staring Alastair Sim. It's true to the Dickens prose and this Tiny Tim just tears my heart out. Sim really is outstanding as Scrooge. I watched it Saturday night and, as always, it helped me put things back into proper perspective. So... I thought I'd share it with those of you who may not have seen this version or who haven't seen it in a while. Just change xx to tt: hxxp://www.megaupload.com/?d=00O78QJA

Last, but certainly not least, I got a card yesterday from My Artist with a fabulous original McShep drawing that was just what I needed and will probably spark fic before it's all said and done. Thank you, sweetheart - I LOVE it! ♥ ♥ ♥ It also came with Lindt chocolate!!

(before my train wreck of a day totally makes me forget...)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO:  ladyoflisquill and to b_sweens

I hope you both have/had a wonderful day and may the next year be a good one for you both, filled with all your dreams come true... *hugs* and *hugs*

Well, I see that it's 'More Joy' day. We can all use a little of that, right? I wish I had the means to personally shower my flisters' profile pages with gifts, but I do not. So… I offer the next best thing (well, I suppose that's subjective). A little McShep ficlet, which I hope will bring you all a bit of (unexpected) Joy!

 

 

This meme has made the rounds, but after seeing it at sonadorita's journal, I decided to do it.  I do have a few new friends and even some of my old friends probably don't know these things, especially because I don't usually post about what's going on in my life...

You know how sometimes people on your friend's list post about stuff going on in their life, and all of a sudden you think "Wait a minute? Since when are they working THERE? Since when are they dating HIM/HER? since when???" And then you wonder how you could have missed all that seemingly pretty standard information, but somehow you feel too ashamed to ask for clarification because it seems like info you *should* already know? It happens to all of us sometimes.

Please copy mine below, erase my answers putting yours in their place then post it in your journal! Please elaborate on the questions that would benefit from elaboration! One-Word-Answers seldom help anyone out :)

I made quite a few new friends as a result of the McShep friending meme over at mckay_sheppard and just wanted to take a moment to say "Hi!"

Happy Birthday

velocitygrass!!!!!!!!!!

I know your day is half over, but I hope it's been a good one!  I wish for you everything you wish for - you deserve it!

Thank you for your inspiration and brainstorming and picking apart my ficlets and not frowning on me when I post a 5,000 word challenge fic at mcsheplets.  The link below will take you to a little something I wrote for you.  It's RPS - Joe/David and I have you to thank for inspiring me to try my hand.  I hope you like it, sweetie!

 

Happy Birthday Gabi...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

to the wonderful… insight2

I hope you have a lovely day my dear, and I wish for you a year of dreams come true!

I wrote a little something for you in honor of your natal anniversary, so I hope you enjoy it.  Just a little ficlet called:
 

 

I received lovely Christmas cards from berlinghoff79 and mercury973 .  Thanks guys!

Also, I have new header for my journal that I'm very excited about.  It's very "pretty."  tazzles did the manip - thanks again, hon, I fiddled with it a bit to make it sepia toned, and velocitygrass walked me through the process of changing it.  Many, many thanks!  Both of you are just AWESOME!

This is such a lovely idea generally, but especially this time of year.  I think it's wonderful that they maxed out the comments on the first go and now they've opened it up again - that warms my heart!!  Go look up all your LJ friends (hey, maybe even someone you don't know) and tell them how special they are and how much you love them!   And, if you're inclined, you can leave a little something for me here.

A MESSAGE TO MY FLIST:  Several people on my flist have had a difficult time lately, and a few are really struggling with tough issues.  So, this is for my entire flist:  I cherish my time on LJ because of all of you.  You are all awesome, funny, talented, smart and special to me in your own unique way.  I love you all!

Whether you express yourself by ranting about RL (or anything else), squeeing with joy, writing fic, creating incredible art, or just popping up to say "hi" every now and again, I will always listen.  Oh, did I mention I love you all!

 ::squishes entire flist in big group hug::

(and if you're so inclined, take a minute and tell your flist what they mean to you)

 

Purloined from rasah and seen among various flisters.  Apparently, there are a lot of bored people at work today (they all say they're bored anyway).  Yep, me too.  *raises hand*

1. Tell me one thing you love about me.

2. Tell me two things you love about yourself. No self-deprecation allowed! (I've done it and if I can, you can.  If you feel love is too strong a word - just tell me two things that are GREAT about you!)

3. Look through the comments — when you see someone you know, tell them three things you love about them.

4. Do this in your journal.

This is a good one to keep going, I think.

Happy Birthday to rasah and loosairwho share a birthday today and are sharing it together!  Guys, I hope you have a truly wonderful day!  As promised, your birthday pressie is ready and waiting for you below.  I hope you both enjoy it.  Hugs to girly_curl_3 for the super fast beta!

It's a sequel to rasah's fic As Directed - which she wrote for me and debris_kand if you haven't read it yet, you really must read it first.  ETA: The link for As Directed is now fixed, sorry!!  Well, *taps toe* - okay, whew!  Hot, huh?  Now, on to

I just wanted to take a moment to thank those on my flist for the birthday wishes.  Thank you tazzles for the lovely wallpaper and icon (see wallpaper below, how yummy is that, would make a nice header for my journal).  Thanks to rasah for the scorchingly hot McShep fic, and to velocitygrass, mercury973 and tarlanx for the Birthday wishes!!  Big smooches to you all - you are all made of awesome!  And, to those others on my flist who made me smile yesterday (and there were quite a few) many, many thanks.  Love you all!

Happy Birthday

silver_cyanne

I hope you have the best of birthdays and just a wonderful day!  I do have a little prezzie for you.  It's called The Ceremony, and I think you can probably figure out what it is.  I hope you like it!

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY  tazzles
It's still the 5th here, but I didn't want to be late.  Hope you have a wonderful day!!!!!!!!